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Poem by William Watson


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When birds were songless on the bough
    I heard thee sing.
The world was full of winter, thou
    Wert full of spring.

To-day the world's heart feels anew
    The vernal thrill,
And thine beneath the rueful yew
    Is wintry chill.



William Watson


William Watson's other poems:
  1. Mensis Lacrimarum
  2. In Laleham Churchyard
  3. On Landor's “Hellenics”
  4. England to Ireland
  5. Art Maxims


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